The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, September 15, 1914, LAST EDITION, Image 2

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Washington. "French Lorraine has been completely evacuated by the Germans, who are withdrawing towards Sarrebourg."The headquarters of one of the French armies wasestablished today in Rheims"The French war office of Bordeaux cabled this information this afternoon to the French embassy,Paris. The official bulletin issued from the war office at Bordeaux at three o'clock this afternoon showsthat the German retreat has been checked and that theyare now putting up a strong rear guard resistance.Petrogard. The Russian forces now have the entire left wing of the Austrian army, including certainGerman reinforcements, penned in an angle formed bythe junction of the Vistula and San rivers.London. The war bureau this afternoon confirmedthe report that the army of Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm has now been driven farther back and is now occupying a line through Varennes-on-Argonne onjthe Aireriver, 16 miles W. N. W. of Verdun.Ostend. German division which has been holdingAlost has evacuated city in order to proceed to aid ofmain German army now being hard pressed by Belgians.Vienna. Authorities adopting sternest measuresto suppress riotaing by unemployed. Thousands ofrefugees from Galicia here. Alarmed officials divertingmany of the men to work on earthworks being constructed to defend city.Paris. German retreat has lost most of its forceFrench pursuit encountering resistance.Petrograd. According to officials in war officeRussians are again assuming offensive in East Prussia.Lonodn, Sept. 15. The official warbureau announcement this afternoon,couched in the tersest of language,declared that the success of the allies continued. All of the unofficialreports from the theater of actionagree that the Germans are still retreating, hotly pursued by the entireFrench and BritisTi forces arid thatthousands of prisoners are beingtaken.Paris. The war office's afternoonannouncement, telegraphed fromBordeaux, declares that at no poin;have the Germans been able to makegjyi.k-Arrwi-aArtrtii